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transsylvian

transsylvian adjective: through the Sylvian fissure.

Adjective

transsylvian (not comparable)

  1. Through the Sylvian fissure
    • This study focuses on selective amygdalohippocampectomy, which is the middle ground between anterior temporal lobectomy and transsylvian amygdalohippocampectomy.2015, Seung-Hak Lee, Mansu Kim, Hyunjin Park, “Planning for selective amygdalohippocampectomy involving less neuronal fiber damage based on brain connectivity using tractography”, in Neural...

Origin of transsylvian

From trans- + sylvian.

Questions about transsylvian

What does transsylvian mean?
Transsylvian means through the Sylvian fissure.
What part of speech is transsylvian?
Transsylvian is an adjective.

Words near transsylvian in the dictionary

  1. transsulfurate
  2. transsulfurated
  3. transsulfuration
  4. transsulphuration
  5. Transsylvania
  6. transsylvian
  7. transsynaptic
  8. transsynaptical
  9. transsynaptically
  10. transsystematic
  11. transsystemic

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